Loneliness In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

One thing that can change a man is meeting another, as this gives him the opportunity of having a friend and not being alone. A person who is lonely will always search for a friendship. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the characters Crooks, Lennie, and Curley’s wife all exemplify loneliness and isolation.They all search for a bond in their own way.

“Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness,” (Naomi Campbell).Campbell expresses through this heartfelt quote, how the anger and bitterness that one feels builds up and results with one's loneliness. The story of Mice and Men, centers around these feelings as it describes the experiences of two migrant workers, George and Lennie. Of Mice and Men tells the story of two friends, George and Lennie, who find themselves on a ranch in pursuit of their dreams. Unfortunately for them, circumstances beyond their control cost Lennie and George their dream and much more. In Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck portrays that loneliness leads to bitterness though the characters Carlson, Curley's wife, and Crooks.

Loneliness is a revolving topic throughout the book. Many characters are impacted by it and this changes the outcome of the book. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, he develops the concept of loneliness through Candy's disability, Crooks unable to fit in, and Curley's wife in order to demonstrate that loneliness impacts people by causing anger and depression.

Loneliness, it's a strange thing to think about since it isn't a problem these days, but during the Great Depression and times around this loneliness was not rare at all. This is why loneliness was a significant theme in the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. The most lonely characters in the story by far were Crooks (The dark man that works on the ranch), and Candy (the old one handed man that operates on the ranch). These two characters were not described directly as lonely, but it grew more noticeable the further into the story.

Throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men (by John Steinbeck), loneliness is the major underlying theme of the novel. You could almost say that the book has ‘hormonal' up's and down's. Most of the characters are very lonely because they have no family. However, George and Lennie are the contradiction to this. George and Lennie's bond towards each other are so- strong that you can almost see it as you are reading the book. Candy the old crippled man wants to be part of George and Lennie's dream to own a farm and "live off the fatta the land". Curley and his dog are like the metaphor in the book for George and Lennie. Candy has to take care of his dog and George of Lennie. The other two

James Allen once said, “Studying these photos has engendered in me a caution of whites, of the majority, of the young, of religion, of the accepted.” Very few people were accepted during the Great Depression. The ones who were accepted, whites, were very harsh to the others. Loneliness and isolation was caused by social barriers for three characters in the book.

“Guys like us...are the loneliest guys in the world”(Steinbeck 15). Loneliness as a common feeling by the millions of migrant workers all over the United States during the Great Depression. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, set in this era, depicts a story of loneliness within an old man named Candy; a young woman known as Curley’s Wife; and a discriminated African American named Crooks, on a barely farm in California. The ranch is filled with migrant workers, but two stick out more than all the others. George and Lennie have a dream for their future, and they plan plan to pursue their own land. Together they support each other while still surrounded by a sea of broken and isolated souls. The theme of

“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.” Dag Hammarskiold

The book Of Mice And Men is set a few miles south of Soledad, which

In Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, many of the characters are overtaken by loneliness. This story takes place around the 1930s in a time where it was very difficult to make a living, let alone have a social life. Curley’s wife, Crooks, and George are all faced with this loneliness mentioned inside this fiction tragedy, and continually seek new friendships and acceptance among each other. As described Curley’s wife was, “heavily made up.

Loneliness can be caused from a lack of activity and communication with anyone. People become upset when their lives go downhill but if they do not do anything to change it then that is there own fault. In the book Mice and Men,John Steinbeck develops the concept of loneliness through Candy’s age, Crooks race and Curley’s wife’s gender in order to demonstrate that loneliness can cause people to act out and become depressed.

“You never realize how lonely you are until it’s the end of the day and you got a bunch of things to talk about and no one to to talk to” by unknown. The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story about to migrant workers during the Great Depression. The main characters of the book are two men. One man is Lennie Small who is mentally challenged and another man named George Milton. Lennie and George on their way to a ranch after an accident that had happened at their previous ranch, Weed.

The greater part of the novel's appeal, George and Lennie's relationship, although far from what one could call a reciprocal friendship, intrigues the reader in the same way many comic duos intrigue. It is easy to identify with the "smart guy" who helplessly tries to cope with and control his irrational, dumb and, yet, spontaneous, child-like partner as they lurch from one self-inflicted crisis to another. Steinbeck uses that classic comic routine so that the reader warmly identifies and recognizes the relationship. Steinbeck's narrator establishes and characterizes George's lording of power and control over Lennie early in the first chapter:

“Of Mice and Men” is written by John Steinbeck, published in 1937, it was set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression in California. George and Lennie are the two protagonist characters; they are farm workers who have a dream of one day owning their own ranch. They find work in a ranch near Soledad and are met by different characters, most of which are lonely and the only thing keeping them alive is their dreams. Loneliness is the unpleasant emotional response to isolation and lack of companionship, in the novel “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck portrays the theme of loneliness and isolation effectively through key fictional characters. This essay will describe the way loneliness is shown in “Of Mice and Men.”

In the story Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the author continuously reiterates the theme of loneliness throughout his story. On first reading Of Mice and Men, I thought it to be no more than just a story. After reading several literary criticisms and discussing it in class, however, I see that it is more critical of the theme of loneliness than I had originally thought. I agree with William Goldhurst that the image of Lennie’s death in Of Mice and Men is evidence of loneliness. Unlike William Goldhurst, however, I believe that this is only the plight of a singular group of people, and that not all men are doomed to the fate of loneliness as he suggests in his literary criticisms.